CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES-6 HARYANA DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PARTS XIII A & B VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE & TO\VNWIS'F.: PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT KURUKSHETRA DISTRICT O. P. BHARADWAJ OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SER.VICE Director of Census Operations Haryana Published by the Government of Haryana 1983 MOTIF Haryana is rightly remembered as the 'lotus land of the gods'. Lotus - a symbol of purity, often empLoyed as an adjective for beautiful eyes, is widely available in the tanks and wat,er bodies oj the holyland called Kurukshetra. KuruksMtra is a place revered all over India for its holiness as the foremost tirtha in the region des­ cribed as the 'Seat of Creation' and the 'Cradle of Civilisation'. It was here that the battle of Mahabharata was fought and lord Krishna preached the philosophy of Karmayoga or 'Action Without Attach­ ment' to Arjuna. It is declared in the Puranas that those who visit this area, take bath in any of its famous lakes or reside e'l)en for a while or die in this area, go straight to heaven. CENSUS or INDIA-19S1 A--OENTRAL GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS The publications relating to Haryana bear Series No.6 and will be published as follows :.....;;. Part I-A Administration Report-Enumeration ,I (for official use only) Part I-B Administration Report-Tabulation (for official use only) Part II-A General Population Tables: 1 > combined Part II-B Primary Census Abstract: J Part III General Economic Tables Part IV Social and Cultural Tables Part V Migration Tables Part VI Fertility Tables Part VII Tables on houses and disabled population .Part VIII Household Tables Part IX Special Tables on Scheduled Castes Part X-A Town Directory Part X-B Survey Reports on selected towns Part,X-C Survey Reports on selected villages :Part Xl Ethnographic notes and special studies on Scheduled Castes l»art XII Census A das B-lIARYANA GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Parts XIll-A&B District Census Handbooks.....oOne for each district (Village and Town Directory and Primaty Census Abstract). (ii) CONTENTS Page :foreword V Preface vii Acknowledgements ix Important Statistics xi Analytical Note 1 Part A-VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY 27 Section I-Village Directory 29 Codes used in the Village Directory 31 Alphabetical list of villages in Pehowa Tahsil 3S Pehowa Tahsil 39 Alphabetical list of villages in Guhla Tahsil 53 Guhla Tahsil 57 Alphabetical list of villages in Kaithal Tahsil 75 Kaithal Tahsil 79 Alphabetical list of villages in Thanesar Tahsil 99 Thanesar Tahsil 107 Appendices-l to 4 143 Section II-Town Directory 159 Codes used in the Town Directory 161 Town Directory Statements 165 Appendix 181 Part B-PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT 183 Kurukshetra District 185 Pehowa Tahsil 189 Guhla Tahsil 197 Kaithal Tahsil 205 Thanesar Tahsil 217 Appendix -Enumeration blockwise total population and Scheduled Castes popUlation 243 District Primary Census Abstract of Scheduled Castes 255 9ii) Maps: Facing Page J(urukshetra District : Tahsil boundary, district and tahsil headquarters, towns, roads/ railways, rivers/canals, important villages, rest houses etc. xi Pehowa Tahsil : Tahsil headquarters, villl\ge boundary and population, urban areas, roads/railways, rivers/canals and service facilities etc, 3~ Guhla Tahsil -do- 53 Kaithal Tahsil -do- 75 Thanesar Tahsil; -do- 99 (iv) FOREWORD The district census handbook (DCH), compiled by the Census Organisation on behalf of the State governments, is one of the most valuable products of the Census. The DCH is constantly referred to by planners, administrators, academicians and researchers. It is inter alia used for delimitation of consti­ tuencies, formulation of local level and regional plans and as an aid to District administration. The district census handbook is the only publication which p"rovides Primary Census Abstract (peA) data apto village level for the rural areas and ward wise for each city or town. It also provides data on infrastructure and amenities in villages and towns etc. The district census handbook series was initiated during the 1951 Census. It contained important census tables and PCA for each village and town of the district. During 1961 Census the scope of the DCH was enlarged and it contained a descriptive account of the district, administrative statistics, census tables and a village and town directory, including PCA. The 1971 DCH series was planned in three parts. Part-A related to village and town directory, Part-B to village and town PCA and Part-C comprised analytical rep::>rt, administrative statistics, district census tables and certain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of Villages. However, in some states it was confined to district census tables and in a few cases altogether given up due to delay in compilation and printing. While designing the format of 1981 DCH series some new features along with the restructuring of the formats of village and town directory have been attempted. At the same time, comparability with the 1971 data has also been kept in view. All the amenities except power supply in the village have been brought together in the villag5 directory with the instruction that in case an amenity is not available in the referrent village the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place where the amenity is available may be given. The restructuring of tne format of the village directory and incorporating more exhaustive data on infra­ structure aspect particularly in relation to amenities and land-use pattern is expected to further meet the need of micro level planning for rural areas. It is expected to help not only in local area planning but regulating the provision of goods and services as well so as to minimise the regional imbalances in the process of develop­ ment. A few new items of information have also been introduced to meet some of the requirements of the Revised Minimum Needs Programme. Such new items of information as adult literacy centres, primary health sub-centres, and community health workers in the village have been introduced in the village directory with this objective in mind. The new item on approach to the village is to have an idea about the villages in the district which are inaccessible. A new column, "total population and number of households" has been introduced to examine the correlation of the amenities with the population and number of households they serve. Addition of two more appendices listing the villages where no amenities are available and according to the proportion of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe population to the total population has also been made with this view in mind. The formats of the town directory have also been modified to meet the requirements of the Minimum Needs Programme by providing information on a few new items. A new statement on civic and other amenities in slums in Class-I and Class-II towns (Statement IV A) has been introduced with this objective in mind. It is expected that this will help the planners to chalk out programmes on provision of civic amenities for the improvement of slums. The columns on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population in stltement-IV relating to civic and other amenities and adult literacy classes/centres under educational facilities in statement-V are also added inter alia with this view. A significant addition is class of town in all the seven statements of the town directory. The infrastructure of amenitie s in urban areas of the country can be best analysed by taking the class of towns into consideration. The addition of the columns on civic administration status and population in a few statements also serves this purpose. The format of the primary census abstract for the villages and towns has been formulated in the light of changes in the economic and other questions canvassed through the individual slip of 1981 Census. In order to avoid delay in pUblication of 1981 DCH series it has been so designed that Part-A of the volume contains village and town directory and Part -B, the PCA of villages and towns including the SCheduled Castes a'1d Scheduled Tribes PCA up to Tahsil/Town levels. At the beginn ing of the DCR a detailed analytical note supported by a number of inset tables based on PCA and non, census data in relation to the infrastructure has been introduced to enhance its value. The district and tahsil/Police Station/CD Bl9ck etc., level maps depicting the boundaries and other important features have been inserted at <1ppro. prtate places, to further enhance the value of the publication. (v) This publication is a joint venture of the State Government and the Census Organisation. The d'lta have been C:Jllected and compiled in the State under the direction of Shri O.P. Bharadwaj, LA.S., the Director of Census Operations, Haryana on behalf of the State Government which has borne the cost of printing. The task of planning, designing and coordination of this publication was carried out by Shri N.G. Nag, Deputy Registrar General (Social Studies) of my office. Dr. B.K. Roy, Deputy Registrar General (Map) provided the technical guidance in the preparation of the maps. Data received from Census Directorates have been scrutinised in the Social Studies Division at the head quarters under the guidance of Shri M.M. Dua, Senior Research Officer. I am thankful to all who have contributed in this project. New Delhi P. PADMANABHA the 26th April, 1982 Registrar General, India~ (vi) PREFACE At the outset, it must be stated that the Census Operations of 1981 were carried out under the stewardship ofShri O.P. Bharadwaj, Director of Census Operations, Haryana and the credit for the success­ ful conduct of the Operation goes to him.